immigrate

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Recent Examples of immigrate Julia Loktev was born in 1969 in Leningrad, in the former Soviet Union, and immigrated to the United States with her family at age nine. Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025 Their grandfather’s final wish was for their father to immigrate to the United States with his family—the brothers and their mother. Simone Melvin, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025 An institution for over a century, the beloved Jewish bakery was owned by a family that immigrated to Savannah from Russia in the late 1800s and was known for its rye, challah, rugelach, and, of course, Chocolate Chewies. Colleen McNally Arnett, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2025 Negative net migration is the term to describe a scenario in which the number of people leaving a country is greater than the number immigrating. Rebecca Schneid, Time, 4 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for immigrate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immigrate
Verb
  • Wildfire worries With the worsening drought comes worries over wildfires.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The first strike actually came defensively.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The first episode of The Penthouse launched on Friday, and new episodes will arrive every Friday on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, while full video episodes can be exclusively found on YouTube.
    McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Suddenly, once difficult-to-find larger sizes were becoming more common in the batches of clothing arriving for resale.
    Kevin Williams, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • General Mills has your snack table covered beyond cookies with all-new Annie’s Pasta Spirals with Creamy Queso and Chex Mix 20-ounce tubs, both ideal for sharing when the whole crew shows up hungry.
    Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Colum’s smug assurance that the wedding will happen soon is rocked when Ned shows up with news of the Grants’ suspicions about the raid.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Immigrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immigrate. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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